( ... "okay?" that's it? already, this inspired a great suspicion in kirma, but hearing esi ask, request assistance with something instead of demanding or refusing, it's...
it makes kirma think he really shouldn't be within arm's reach once the collar is closed, if nothing else. maybe the reticence is audible in his padded steps as he turns back to esi, approaching as one would a wounded animal liable to bite, ears at asymmetric angles. taking up the ends of the collar, he pauses. )
You can't get angry.
( it's (the day after) his birthday. that's all the warning esi gets, before kirma buckles the collar, eyes pointedly rolled skyward. that half-hearted attempt at granting modesty surely will be enough to evade esi's wrath. )
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it makes kirma think he really shouldn't be within arm's reach once the collar is closed, if nothing else. maybe the reticence is audible in his padded steps as he turns back to esi, approaching as one would a wounded animal liable to bite, ears at asymmetric angles. taking up the ends of the collar, he pauses. )
You can't get angry.
( it's (the day after) his birthday. that's all the warning esi gets, before kirma buckles the collar, eyes pointedly rolled skyward. that half-hearted attempt at granting modesty surely will be enough to evade esi's wrath. )